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Get me out of here!
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19/06/2012 17:54:49
I was surprised to hear it was a popular Oz saying. We grew up hearing "it went down like a p**k chop in a synagogue" and I still use the phrase although I try to be more PC these days.
edited by Get me out of here! on 19/06/2012
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wuffles
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19/06/2012 17:17:28
SkyKitty wrote: Lol- I mean that not many younger people seem to say it, unless they have heard it from an older person. Better? 
My children do-but they learnt it-and a whole heap of expressions passed down through the family from a Cockney great-grandfather who had a very colourful way of expressing himself!
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Genie
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19/06/2012 17:15:13
SkyKitty wrote: Lol- I mean that not many younger people seem to say it, unless they have heard it from an older person. Better?
For her ...yes .. she did grow up on a farm in the back of beyond so maybe they use it a lot out there.
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SkyKitty
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19/06/2012 17:10:49
Lol- I mean that not many younger people seem to say it, unless they have heard it from an older person. Better?
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Genie
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19/06/2012 17:09:30
Well there you go, I will wait 'till she next says it and then tell her it's origin 
@skykitty - she would be very upset at the older person bit as she is only 39
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wuffles
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19/06/2012 17:03:32
Genie wrote: SkyKitty wrote:
It's kind of annoying though, that the news are carrying on like p0rk chops. showing 'footage' of soda bottles spilled in the supermarket. IMHO very insensitive to the poor people in Christchurch who have just been through far, far worse... ha ha - I have not heard that for a while, my SIL always says it but when I ask her why that particular phrase she cannot tell me. Tho' strangely enough I understand what she means by it when she says it. edited by Genie on 19/06/2012
I was bored so I googled it (should be cooking dinner). Guilty of using the expression too though not sure I knew the origins stated here: "This expression is a truncated version of the longer and more widespread phrase be like a p*rk chop in a synagogue; this has been around since the 1950s. Since p*rk is forbidden food for Jewish people, to describe something as being like a p*rk chop in a synagogue means that it is highly inappropriate, embarrassingly out of place, and quite unwelcome. The Australian expression carry on like a p*rk chop has now shifted the focus from inappropriateness to foolishness"
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SkyKitty
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19/06/2012 17:02:22
I got it from my Year 4 teacher, I believe it actually ends with "at a (insert religion here thats kinda controversial in this geographical area) Barbecue" hence the p)rk chops should not be there in the first place??? lol.... I think it's an "older person's saying" because I get strange looks but you're right, it does describe what we're talking about :P
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Genie
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19/06/2012 16:52:56
SkyKitty wrote:
It's kind of annoying though, that the news are carrying on like p0rk chops. showing 'footage' of soda bottles spilled in the supermarket. IMHO very insensitive to the poor people in Christchurch who have just been through far, far worse...
ha ha - I have not heard that for a while, my SIL always says it but when I ask her why that particular phrase she cannot tell me. Tho' strangely enough I understand what she means by it when she says it.
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SkyKitty
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19/06/2012 16:50:55
It's kind of annoying though, that the news are carrying on like p0rk chops. showing 'footage' of soda bottles spilled in the supermarket. IMHO very insensitive to the poor people in Christchurch who have just been through far, far worse...
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sgilli3
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19/06/2012 16:19:18
wuffles wrote: sgilli3 wrote:
Hubby is staying in Nar Nar Goon at the moment ( about 50kms from Moe), and said everything shook for about 10 seconds.Took a few minutes to realise what was happening.
Scary. Mother in law was on her couch in Cheltenham-said it moved with her on it-and she is no lightweight!
Hahahaha- too funny Wuffles. Glad MIL ( and couch) are Ok. ( My brother is in Cheltenham/Waterways so not far)
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Genie
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19/06/2012 16:14:22
wuffles wrote: Genie wrote:
Can anyone who knows the area tell me if this is near the Mornington Peninsula? It looks like it may be but it is difficult for me to tell from that map. No-it isn't-around 3 hours drive away at a guess-my brother is down there and hasn't posted anything yet so can't be too bad there
Thank you - that is a relief.
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wuffles
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19/06/2012 16:12:09
Genie wrote:
Can anyone who knows the area tell me if this is near the Mornington Peninsula? It looks like it may be but it is difficult for me to tell from that map.
No-it isn't-around 3 hours drive away at a guess-my brother is down there and hasn't posted anything yet so can't be too bad there
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Genie
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19/06/2012 16:09:47
Can anyone who knows the area tell me if this is near the Mornington Peninsula? It looks like it may be but it is difficult for me to tell from that map.
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wuffles
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19/06/2012 15:55:01
sgilli3 wrote:
Hubby is staying in Nar Nar Goon at the moment ( about 50kms from Moe), and said everything shook for about 10 seconds.Took a few minutes to realise what was happening.
Scary.
Mother in law was on her couch in Cheltenham-said it moved with her on it-and she is no lightweight!
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sgilli3
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19/06/2012 15:46:29
Hubby is staying in Nar Nar Goon at the moment ( about 50kms from Moe), and said everything shook for about 10 seconds.Took a few minutes to realise what was happening.
Scary.
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AmyAus82
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19/06/2012 15:45:56
I hope all of your family members are safe there - only one down in Melbs so contacting her now - thanks for the notification that it happened. Never in my life did I experience a quake in Oz!
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wuffles
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19/06/2012 15:41:24
Just scared-but we live over two hours from the centre of the quake so it must have been quite something. Just wishing I were home to check the house for cracks and such-he isn't too clued up about such things!
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pollydxb1
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19/06/2012 15:38:09
OMG, I hope he is ok. I just heard the news on twitter - Holly Valance said that the elec, phones internet are down
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wuffles
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19/06/2012 15:27:50
Poor son just rang up really scared-said everyone was out in the street as the houses shook so much
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pollydxb1
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19/06/2012 15:25:40
5.2 Mb earthquake occurred at 19 Jun 2012 10:53:29 UTC, 121 km ESE of Melbourne, Australia. http://j.mp/KhyJ1D
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